Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A game of cards resembling faro, invented in Venice, and popular throughout Europe during the eighteenth century and the latter part of the seventeenth.
- noun In geology and mining, an outcrop.
- In geology and mining, outcropping.
- In geology and mining, to appear at the surface; crop out: said of the edges of strata.
- noun Same as
basset-hound .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
- noun (Geol.) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
- adjective (Geol.) Inclined upward.
- intransitive verb (Geol.) To incline upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
card game - verb geology, intransitive To
incline upward so as to appear at thesurface .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
- verb appear at the surface
Etymologies
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Examples
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In fact, I found out yesterday evening that my basset is smarter than allot of my buddies.
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In fact, I found out yesterday evening that my basset is smarter than allot of my buddies.
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It's easier to watch if you just resign yourself to the sad fact that the basset is never going to win.
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Noodles, who is a lemon colored basset which is unusual to see doing a lot of winning, won Best in Show at one of the Prairieland Classic shows last year.
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ÂSpock-ish measures when a brace of basset clarinetists, led by Michele Zukovsky, created sounds from another world.
Laurence Vittes: Jeremy Denk Meets Gustavo and Beethoven on the Hill at Mouse Hall
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Dave buddy, I am going with the crowd on this one ... when your grandkids visit you they are going to ask why you have a basset hound/chow cross painted on your leg ... just breed her and enjoy the prodigy.
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Spock-ish measures when a brace of basset clarinetists, led by Michele Zukovsky, created sounds from another world.
Laurence Vittes: Jeremy Denk Meets Gustavo and Beethoven on the Hill at Mouse Hall
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Dave buddy, I am going with the crowd on this one ... when your grandkids visit you they are going to ask why you have a basset hound/chow cross painted on your leg ... just breed her and enjoy the prodigy.
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ÂSpock-ish measures when a brace of basset clarinetists, led by Michele Zukovsky, created sounds from another world.
Laurence Vittes: Jeremy Denk Meets Gustavo and Beethoven on the Hill at Mouse Hall
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Spock-ish measures when a brace of basset clarinetists, led by Michele Zukovsky, created sounds from another world.
Laurence Vittes: Jeremy Denk Meets Gustavo and Beethoven on the Hill at Mouse Hall
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